We all need places of peace, don’t we? Somewhere you can go and regenerate your batteries, where you feel calm and centered afterwards.

A number of places do this for me.

Beaches. I could sit on the beach and watch the waves for hours. Mesmerising.

Mountains. Isn’t it funny how for something so solid and static, mountains are forever changing? The light, time of day, weather, cloud cover.

Sunrises and sunsets. Always.

But here is a place I have visited, and love, and I love my photo. The blue of the water, the “house” that makes you feel you could live there, the peaceful surroundings. Water, trees, peace and quiet. This is the Eibsee. A mountain lake, just outside Grainau in Bavaria. One of those heaven on earth places.